Divider for mowing machines



Qct. 29,1925- G. M. GREEN VIDER FOR MOWING MACHINES Filed June 2 1924 RI75 I /V ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

GUY M. GREEN, or waLLawALIiA, WASHINGTON. I

DIVIDER Foa Mowmcr MACHI ES. 1

Application filed. June 28, 1 5524. seam. 722,915.

To all whom it may concern: i

'Be it known that I, GUY M. GREEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Walla -Walla, in the county of Walla Walla and State of'Washington, have invented certain new and useful'Improvements inDividers for Mowing Machines, of which the follow ing is aspecification. r

" This invention relates to dividers for mowing machines and has as oneof its objects to provide a divider that is adaptable to any dividershoe and that may be'easily attached thereto. Another object of theinvention is to provide a divider that will divide the grain and thatwill automatically adjust itself with the adjustment of thesickle bar.

A further object of the divider is to provide a divider that is flexibleto move with the vertical acting guide board.

A further object of the invention is to provide a divider that is cheapto manufacture, that requires no independent adjustment, and that iseasy to install.

With these and other objects in view reference is now had to theaccompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the deviceattached to a-divider shoe; I

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device attached to a divider shoe andin an adjusted position.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device as attached to a divider shoe.

Having reference to the drawings like numerals refer to like partsthroughout the several views and the numeral 1 refers to a divider shoeon the lower side of which is a hingedly mounted runner 2 provided witha connecting piece 3 rigidly attached to the runner and extended in a.generally upward direction to engage the shoe 1 by means of a runnerfastening bolt 4 that is secured in the slot 5 and the connecting piece3 for sliding adjustment in said slot.

By means of this bolt the runner may be raised or lowered, as shown inFig. 2, on the hinge portion 6.

It is obvious now that as the bolt moves with the connecting piece andrunner that any part attached to this bolt will move with it. The bolttherefore will be utilized in this invention in a manner to beexplained.

At the rear end of the divider shoe is a guideboard 7' attached theretoby means of a yielding connection consisting of; a bolt 8, a nut9threadedly engaged thereon, with a springlO interposed between the nutand the guide board and bearing thereagainst to provide for verticalmovement, of the guide board on the bolt.

v H'Ilhe divider shoe is provided with an inward curvature and the guideboardfis so attached to theshoe as to form a, continuationof thatelement, with its rear end 11 brought inward considerably beyond theouter end of the divider; shoe. Intermediate the ends of the guide boardis secured a fender arm 12 which is also brought inward from the guideboard. By this arrangement grain, standing under ideal conditions, whenout will, be turned to fall inward and will leave. a mark of separationbetween the cut and standing gram.

For this purpose av dividing rod 13, is designed which consists'of abody portion provided with a cupl4: or other means for pivotallyengaging the end 15 of the divider shoe 1, and provided on its-rear;end. with a yoke l6 that is adjustably engageable with the runnerfastening bolt 1, theyoke being of sufiicient length to mak'e the deviceadaptable to shoes-of -various sizes. A finger portion 17 extends inv agenerally upward and provide for a continuous, uninterrupted guard fromthe finger to the fender arm, thus eliminating central supports thatwould form an. obstruction to catch and bunch up the grain.

In tall grain the sickle 20 is raised by loosening the runner fasteningbolt 4' and forcing the runner downward on the hinge 6. By thisadjustment,the bolt 4, the yoke 16 attached thereto, and the runner 2are moved downwardly thus raising the finger 17 on the pivotalconnection 14. It will be observed that due to the greater weight on therear side of the divider shoe, the entire mechanism will take theposition shown in.

fgnide board and vFig. 2, the sickle being raised and the rear curvedground.

portion of the runner resting on the To start the grain "leaning theyielding guard 18 .is attached at one-end to the finger intermediate theends thereof, to bring the guard sufiiciently low to catch the bOdYTO'fthe grain, and from the point of attachment (19), which may-consist ofany-suitable I means, the guard is curved and vexte nds rearwardfdlloivi rg'a path generally concentric curve of the dividing-shoe,

yvliththe genera-l p fender arm, but inward I therefroin to a' p'oi ni;approximately. over the "path between fihe standing and fallen g V p efirst guard-'22 ofth sickle.- By this means-the gene is started leaningbefore it is cutand thus iiniiietli'ately 'beii'jg ciit'isfr'ee to thec'oiiti'nt id influence of the yielding 'iguard, assisted by the guidebeards-11d fencer arm, :to beyl'a id bask the nncut gram an rovide awell cl ed am, so that subsequent rounds inade by -tlie imowver will notencounter andbnt "over the As above mentioned 'the guid board isdesigned to in'ove ina-verticm plane as she-we b 'y th'e 'dotted iliiisan Fig. 1. This movement xvm 'eccnr n on nheven ground in ripen strikingrocks er dther dbsfirnctions and obviously the fender arm Will move withthe g1iide"boar'c'l. Now aEs -it is'desi'rab'le to have "flexibility iinther'yielding guard a is necessary to secure its rear 23 t preventexcessive lateral motion. This endpor'tion tli'ieoffis' adjustablfysecured to the fender 'r'and the -is sl so to previde freesHdin-gindv'ementencl yetsecnre the guard against latent- 1 mes -Ini1jse the"di viler "is attached to the di- *v-iciersnee above ex lained and esthe ieifiter's' the standiifgg rain the singer will divide the grain andthe yielding guard vWill causea portion of the grain that lays in *ofgrain being momentarily encountered: I

I .As the graiii is nowila'id sbackfroih like standing grain theinnerrp'ortion of the sickle "(not shown) remains free of obstructionand thus :providesfor the lightest draft ipossible. i I

'It' is obvious that the invention ii s equally applicable to alfalfaand otlie'r-siririlarigrainz;

that it maybeattached Without alteration of the-shoe; and'that thefinger vviill force tangled "stuff belovv 'the shoeliand thus prevent itfrom lodging-thereon. 5

:Having thus-described my invention, I

In a divider for :mowing machines, the

combinationwith a dividing shoe having a removable guide board andfender1a-rin, wand -a-"d1vidi'n'g. rod having-a finger :portion,suitably attached :to said shoe, of a yielding guardsupported'at one endby the said 'finlg1;p01fl3l01l and at its other end :by a slidingconnection attached to saifd finger arm, said 'gnar'd being formed inag'enera-lly horizontally curved line=and positioned topprodu-ce acontinuous, uninterrupted' guard from the s'fingeifiportion tort-hecndoftlie fender-arm.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

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